Flag-transitive \(C_2. L_n\) geometries (Q1377810): Difference between revisions

\textit{M. Ronan} gave in Proc. Lond. Math. Soc., III. Ser. 53, 385-406 (1986; Zbl 0643.51010) an example of a thick flag-transitive \(C_2.L\)-geometry which is not a truncation of a polar space. He also determined sufficient conditions for a \(C_2.L\)-geometry to be a truncation of a polar space. These conditions were weakened by \textit{B. Baumeister} and \textit{A. Pasini} [Geom. Dedicata 71, No. 1, 33-59 (1998)]. In this paper the authors show that every locally finite, thick flag-transitive \(C_n.L\)-geometry with \(n \geq 3\) is a truncation of a polar space. Moreover, they show that there are no flag-transitive thick \(C_2.Af.A_{n-2}.L\)-geometries with classical generalized quadrangles as lower residues of elements of type \(2\), except possibly when \(q = 3\) or \(4\). They mention some known examples whose lower residues are non-classical generalized quadrangles.